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Americans’ Responses to Jewish Refugees: Wrestling with Fear and Moral Responsibility

Public Program
Two Jewish refugees arrive in New York City after the war. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Centre d’Études et de Documentation Guerre et Société Contemporaines

Two Jewish refugees arrive in New York City after the war. US Holocaust Memorial Museum, courtesy of Centre d’Études et de Documentation Guerre et Société Contemporaines


Xenophobia, antisemitism, economic insecurity, and restrictive immigration laws: These were the barriers Jewish refugees faced in the 1930s and 1940s when seeking safety in the United States. More than 80 years later, how can this history help us think about the world we live in today?

Speaker
Dr. Rebecca Erbelding, Historian, United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

This program is free and open to the public, but reservations are required.

For more information, please contact the Museum’s Midwest Office at midwest@ushmm.org or 847.433.8099. 

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